VUELVE – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: BERET

Lyrics & Translation

[Spanish]

[English]

Vuelve

Come back

A decirme lo de siempre

To tell me the same old thing

Que me quieres pero no puedes tenerme

That you love me but you can't have me

He hecho lo imposible para hacerme fuerte

I've done the impossible to make myself strong

Y aunque sea el mismo camino solo

And even if it's the same road alone

Vuelve

Come back

Solo quiero que lo intentes

I just want you to try

No me digas que ahora necesitas suerte

Don't tell me you need luck now

¿De verdad que necesitas que recuerde

Do you really need me to remind you

Que las cosas que se cuidan no se tiran de repente?

That things you take care of aren't thrown away suddenly?

Si nunca te duele no te hará feliz

If it never hurts, it won't make you happy

Duele más tenerte que dejarte ir

It hurts more to have you than to let you go

Prefiero un "lo siento" antes que no sentir

I prefer a "sorry" than not feeling

No compensa siempre quedarse que huir

It's not always worth staying than running away

De nada me espero imagina de mí

I expect nothing from anything, imagine from myself

Me dijieron, "ve a por todo" y fui a por ti

They told me, "go for it all" and I went for you

¿Hasta qué momento sí se aprende y hasta qué

Until what moment do you learn, and until what

Momento se perderá el tiempo solo por seguir?

Moment will time be wasted just to continue?

Dicen que lo bueno tarda y yo llevo esperando tanto tiempo

They say the good things take time, and I've been waiting so long

Que lo bueno no quiere venir

That the good things don't want to come

Dicen que hay palabras apropiadas

They say there are appropriate words

Igual que existen personas que no lo saben y son así

Just like there are people who don't know them and are like that

Llamamos consejo a cualquier cosa

We call anything advice

Hasta que me di cuenta que hasta quien te quiere te puede mentir

Until I realized that even those who love you can lie to you

Ya que todo el mundo te aconseja suficiente

Since everyone advises you enough

Para que seas lo que quieren pero no feliz

So you can be what they want but not happy

Y ahora soy consciente que hay caminos

And now I'm aware that there are paths

Que acaban en otros

That end in others

Y hay personas que acaban en otras porque sí

And there are people who end up in others just because

Ahora me di cuenta que hay problemas

Now I realized that there are problems

Que resuelvo en tanta gente

That I solve in so many people

Pero nunca los resuelvo en mí

But I never solve them in myself

Qué bonito es ver que todo va bien

How nice it is to see that everything is going well

Pero es que ni viéndolo bien es la manera para verte a ti

But even seeing it well, it's not the way to see you

Al mundo le sobra gente rota

The world has too many broken people

Y necesita de verdad personas fuertes que sepan unir

And really needs strong people who know how to unite

Vuelve a decirme lo de siempre

Come back to tell me the same old thing

Que me quieres pero no puedes tenerme

That you love me but you can't have me

He hecho lo imposible por hacerme fuerte

I've done the impossible to make myself strong

Y aunque sea el mismo camino solo

And even if it's the same road alone

Vuelve

Come back

Solo quiero que lo intentes

I just want you to try

No me digas que ahora necesitas suerte

Don't tell me you need luck now

¿De verdad que necesitas que recuerde

Do you really need me to remind you

Que las cosas que se cuidan no se tiran de repente?

That things you take care of aren't thrown away suddenly?

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
siempre /ˈsjem.pɾe/ A1	adverb - always
quieres /ˈkje.ɾes/ A2	verb - you want; you love
fuerte /ˈfweɾ.te/ B1	adjective - strong
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, road
cosas /ˈko.sas/ A1	noun - things
duele /ˈdwe.le/ B1	verb - hurts
feliz /feˈlis/ A2	adjective - happy
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ A1	noun - time
palabras /paˈla.βɾas/ A2	noun - words
gente /ˈxen.te/ A1	noun - people
rota /ˈro.ta/ B1	adjective - broken
problemas /pɾoˈβle.mas/ B1	noun - problems
consejo /konˈse.xo/ B1	noun - advice
suerte /ˈsweɾ.te/ A2	noun - luck
verdad /beɾˈdad/ A2	noun - truth

Key Grammar Structures

• Vuelve A decirme lo de siempre Que me quieres pero no puedes tenerme

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "que" expressing doubt/possibility

  ➔ The phrase "que me quieres" uses the indicative because it's presented as a fact. However, "no puedes tenerme" implies a condition or possibility, thus using the subjunctive. This highlights the singer's doubt about the relationship's feasibility.

• He hecho lo imposible para hacerme fuerte

  ➔ Perfect tense (He hecho) + infinitive phrase (para hacerme fuerte)

  ➔ "He hecho" indicates an action completed in the past but with relevance to the present. "Para hacerme fuerte" is an infinitive phrase indicating the purpose of the action.

• ¿De verdad que necesitas que recuerde Que las cosas que se cuidan no se tiran de repente?

  ➔ Subjunctive after necesitar (que recuerde) expressing a need/request; passive voice with "se" (se cuidan, se tiran)

  ➔ "Que recuerde" is in the subjunctive because it follows "necesitas que," indicating a need or request. The phrases "se cuidan" and "se tiran" are impersonal passive constructions, where the subject is not explicitly stated.

• Si nunca te duele no te hará feliz

  ➔ Conditional sentence type 1 (Si + present indicative, future indicative)

  ➔ This is a typical first conditional sentence. It expresses a likely or possible condition and its probable result.

• Me dijeron, "ve a por todo" y fui a por ti

  ➔ Imperative (ve) + past tense (fui)

  ➔ "Ve a por todo" is an imperative phrase, urging action. "Fui a por ti" is in the preterite tense, showing a completed action in the past.

• Dicen que lo bueno tarda y yo llevo esperando tanto tiempo Que lo bueno no quiere venir

  ➔ Indirect speech (dicen que...) + consecutive clause (tanto tiempo que...)

  ➔ "Dicen que lo bueno tarda" reports what people say (indirect speech). "Tanto tiempo que lo bueno no quiere venir" uses "tanto... que" to express a consequence of the long wait – the good things no longer want to come.